Electronic Bulletin Board Research Articles

What makes a website relational? The experts' viewpoint

Around the world, companies have launched an abundance of websites to reinforce their links with customers. While these websites include relational features (e.g., communities and areas for regular visitors, electronic bulletin boards, forums, and RSS feeds), can they be considered relational according to the relationship marketing paradigm? To answer this question, we conduct a qualitative study with 19 Internet experts. The results show that two approaches can be used to define a relational website. The first approach suggests that a website's relationship proneness (WRP) is driven by three dimensions: content, exchange, and look and feel. The second approach is enumerative: the more electronic customer relationship management (eCRM) features a website offers, the more relational it is considered to be. Managerial and theoretical implications lie in the complementary relationship between these two approaches.

Piracy as Labour Struggle

This paper examines the organization of digital piracy in the context of reshaping labor under neoliberalism. It discusses the practices by which enclosures of intellectual property are resisted by drawing from literature on the labor process, and examining the historical emergence of piratical practice on electronic bulletin board systems. These pirates sought, above all, to preserve autonomous, self-managed working conditions in the face of tendencies to commodify, enclose, and deskill.

Analysis of spontaneous inquiries about suspected adverse drug reactions posted by the general public on the electronic Japanese bulletin board "Yahoo! Japan Chiebukuro".

PurposeSpontaneous inquiries about the development of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) to medicines can be extracted based on the questions posted by the general public on the electronic Japanese bulletin board “Yahoo! Japan Chiebukuro”. Our aim was to clarify the characteristics related to people’s descriptions of suspected ADRs and determine the reasons for submitting a spontaneous inquiry.MethodsFifty brand names of medicines used for inquiry extraction were chosen by selecting 35 pharmaceutical products, based on the generic names that had the highest sales in Japan. Questions containing both the brand name of one of these medicines and the term “Fukusayō” (ADR in Japanese) that were posted from July 2004 to June 2009 were extracted from the site.ResultsAmong 1,419 questions extracted, 614 questions had at least one identifiable brand name of a suspected medicine, an ADR description, and the extent to which the ADR appeared to be caused by the suspected medicine(s). Among these 614 questions, 589 described in detail the symptoms/signs that the inquirers themselves or their families had experienced as ADRs. The highest number of questions was found for Paxil (525). Posts asking whether the symptoms being experienced were due to an ADR accounted for the highest number of questions. In most cases, the inquirer suspected that a single medicine led to an ADR and was seeking advice from others taking the same medicine.ConclusionOur examination of spontaneous inquiries showed that people have sufficient knowledge to adequately report potential ADRs in terms of their symptoms, suspected medicines, and the disease for which the medicine was used. However, they often did not describe the start time when the ADR appeared or when the suspected medicine was started.

페이스북 일상담화의 감정 탐색

The purpose of this study is to explore the emotions of Facebook. Various types of emotions are being exchanged on Facebook. The emotional reactions make the Facebook different from previous electronic bulletin board. According to previous researches, computer-mediated communication can deliver visual symbols and non-verbal cues to enhance the abundance of meanings. Data were collected from 205 Facebook users and the number of users` posts were total 10308. The contents analysis was conducted to explore emotions of the 10308 Facebook posts. The results showed that the most frequent emotion was pleasure. The emotional distributions were different according to the contents types; text, video, photo, and link. For the text content type, emotion of curiosity was apparent and for the photo content type, emotion of love was more frequent than others, and for the video content type, emotion of surprise was salient. The results of the analysis for the shared contents also revealed that pleasure and hope were more frequent emotions than other emotions.

Foreword

This issue consists of a special report on the Japanese concept of "characters." Since the beginning of this millennium, there has been active discussion of "characters," with a steady stream of publications on the topic in not only linguistics and communication theory, but also in the fields of manga studies, modern thought, psychoanalysis, sociology, literary theory, socio-cultural theory, and media studies. But the content of the "characters" being studied is not uniform, and includes a uniquely Japanese concept of "character" that cannot be translated by the English word "character." Sometimes the word is even spelled "Kyara" in recognition of the fact that this is a concept specific to Japan.In this issue, the authors address the Japanese-born "characters" that are directly related to language and communication. Naturally, there are differences in terms of subtle nuance among the authors, but there are no large discrepancies in their use of the everyday word "character," which has been built up in the course of daily life by general Japanese speakers, especially young people. This everyday word "character" signifies an image of humanity that is not incompatible with the traditional view that "barring some extraordinary circumstance, such as the disintegration of personality, people do not change depending on the situation. What changes is style; people change their style in response to the situation." As it is taboo to overtly violate this traditional view of humanity, nobody will openly admit to "changing depending on the situation." However, on anonymous electronic bulletin boards, young people are secretly coming out about the fact that they have "different characters for school and for their part-time jobs." These are the main kind of "characters" discussed here. This issue gathers together articles that introduce knowledge obtained in Japan regarding "characters," and clarify their relationship with the Japanese language, Japanese communication, and education in both these areas. It also contains articles discussing the potential contributions of "characters" to general research in linguistics and communication, beyond the Japanese-speaking community.Toshiyuki Sadanobu presents one method of organizing the various concepts in Japan that fall under the technical term "character," shows how one type (which was, as mentioned above, created mainly by the young generation) pushes the limits of the traditional view of humanity and the speech-act view, which assumes intention, and discusses the relationship between characters and Japanese communication.Kenji Tomosada describes cases found in regional dialects that parallel Sadanobu's observations on "chara-joshi" in common Japanese. Just as the common Japanese speaker expresses his/her identity by means of "chara-joshi," so too the speaker of Japanese dialects embodies his/her identity with the sentential-final particles wa, wai, and bai. "Chara-joshi" and wa, wai, and bai also look alike in that they occur at the end of a sentence, even after the attitudinal particles.Satoshi Kinsui and Hiroko Yamakido supplement some of the deficiencies of the definition of role language in Kinsui (2003), and redefine role language as knowledge of "a manner of speaking that binds together a social or cultural group" possessed by "the majority of constituents in a linguistic community."Fumiaki Senuma investigates communities of young people in modern Japanese society and developments in his research since then. Among the young generation, individuals are sometimes assigned a specific kyara by others in their peer group, regardless of that individual's intentions.Yukiko Shukuri reports on the status of Japanese language teaching materials related to role language and characters, and describes her research project activities on role language and character in Novosibirsk, Russia.We hope that this issue will stimulate discussions on "character theory" in the worldwide context of Japanese language and culture research.

Regulations on the Management of the Computer Network Electronic Bulletin Board Services of Colleges and Universities

Regulations on the Management of the Computer Network Electronic Bulletin Board Services of Colleges and Universities

Application of an electronic bulletin board, as a mechanism of coordination of actions in complex systems - reference model

Background: In her previous research, the author of this public ation indicates that coordination is a dependent variable which has a great driving forc e and is a very unstable factor. This results in th e fact that all of the actions connected with coordination have an impact on other factors of cooperation as well as the inte gration of the enterprises in the structures of a supply chain typ e structure. Material and methods: The article has been divided into two basic parts . The first part regards the reference models in complex systems (supply chain systems). They can constitute a starting point for the modelling of targ et processes in the built supply chain structure. The second part prese nts template process models (Reference Models) for s elected action coordination mechanisms during enterprise cooperation. The aim of the article is the presentation the model an Electronic Bulletin Board (EBB), as a mechanism of coordination of actions in complex systems. Results: The article was prepared on the basis of literatur e from the researched area. The material was also p repared on the basis of interviews with practitioners. They ha ve allowed for the preparation of template process models (Reference Models) for selected action coordination methods in the supply chain. Conclusions: The result of the work is a prepared model as well as its description in the use of IDEF0. The presen ted model is a demonstrative model. The proposed reference model makes it possible to define the parameter s of a selected mechanism of coordination of actions, and forms a b asis for affecting the progression of the process t hrough an analysis of values of identified parameters. The parameteriz ation of elements constitutes the foundation for th e monitoring of the process via 1) unambiguous identification of the ob ject of monitoring and 2) analysis of different var iants of the progression of the process.

E-Announcement: A Curricular Electronic Posting Application Implementing Spam Filtering Using Naave Bayes Classification Algorithm

The computer is a communications device par excellence. Unlike other media, such as the telephone, print, and the mail (postal service), the computer stores unlimited amounts of information, and can conceivably distribute it among millions of people. Hiltz et. al. (1978). While computer conferencing removes time and distance barriers, permits group sizes to grow dynamically, and allows a user to participate at a time and date of his/her own choosing. Computer conferencing components include private conferencing facilities, electronic mail, and electronic bulletin boards. Thus this research paper comes in it will develop a communication tool that provides Office of the Student Affairs and student organization a venue to perform internal and external communication among other student organization. Naive bayes classification algorithm method is used to filter word usage so it can only be used for academic posting and the result will be paperless posting of school related activities. Developmental research was used to solve the problems encountered. This method is a systematic use and practical application of findings and can determine the theories of a technical description toward the construction of E-Announcement system design, testing, evaluation and/or improvement of functions to meet specific requirements of the beneficiary.

Relationship between the Daoism's SNSs Use and Loneliness at Taiwan

For the recent year, the traditional religion at Taiwan, Daoism, denoted a significantly affection on the applications of information and communication technology (ICT). Entering into the physical locations with the Daoism culture will be not the only choice to those young groups at Taiwan. The application services including the website, electronic bulletin boards, blogs, and facebook owing to the social networking sites (SNSs) will provide the multiple channels to learn or contact with the Daoism culture for those young groups. ICT has penetrated people’s daily lives; and the outcomes of this penetration will include the changes in thoughts, behavior tendencies, community structure, and individual identification of those people. Educators, sociologists, and psychologists have continuously examined the influence on people’s mental health, life adaptation, and personality development. As we known, the issues of loneliness will be frequently mentioned to those SNSs users according to the relating community researches. However, no any studies address the issue about the relationship between the loneliness and Daoism’s SNSs use. Hence, the relation analysis will be a worthy issue to be addressed. In this study, we intended to investigate the relationship between the Daoism’s SNSs use and loneliness, and the obtaining results may be regarded as a reference for analyzing Daoism’s SNSs services and the improvement of loneliness. Firstly, we collected the behavior and recognition of Daoism’s users via on-line service platform. Among users who have permitted the app access to their public profile and completed the questionnaire scale, the app collected users’ demographic information, usage information, and scores on the Loneliness Scale based on UCLA Loneliness Scale. A total of 272 data sets were acquired, among which 16 sets were eliminated in data preprocessing because they were either incomplete or repetitive. Consequently, the data of 256 Daoism’s users were selected, yielding a data

Does Men's Body Satisfaction with Specific Parts Differentially Affect Body-image-related Mental Distress by Sexual Orientation? a Comparison of Gay, Bisexual, and Heterosexual Men in Taiwan

Introduction Prior research on body-image-related issues has mainly focused on the relationship between overall body satisfaction and health-related outcomes, particularly among Western women. However, there is still a paucity of information on whether body satisfaction with specific body parts is differentially associated with body-image-related mental distress, especially across gay, bisexual, and heterosexual men in Taiwan. Objectives To Identify the differences by sexual orientation regarding the relationship between satisfaction with specific body parts and body-image-related mental distress among Taiwanese men. Aims To develop effective interventions to reduce mental distress related to body dissatisfaction in men. Methods A total of 665 male participants were recruited via a popular electronic bulletin board system frequented by Taiwanese youth. Results Increased levels of satisfaction with weight were significantly associated with lower odds of body-image-related mental distress across gay, bisexual, and heterosexual men (AOR=0.38, 0.31, and 0.56, respectively). Gay men who were more satisfied with their height (AOR=0.57) and body fat (AOR=0.28), as well as heterosexual men who were more satisfied with their facial features (AOR=0.51), muscle (AOR=0.53), and body fat (AOR=0.55), were significantly less likely to have body-image-related mental distress than their counterparts. Conclusions Higher levels of satisfaction with various specific body parts were associated with reduced risk of body-image-related mental distress. Further, these associations varied differentially across gay, bisexual, and heterosexual men. Future research may explore the possible mechanisms through which satisfaction with specific body parts influences men's body-image-related mental distress. Accordingly, interventions could be tailored for men of different sexual orientations.

韓国の大学修学能力試験対策講座EBSiの電子掲示板「コミュニティ」の使用実態調査

韓国の大学修学能力試験対策講座EBSiの電子掲示板「コミュニティ」の使用実態調査

The Order Effect on Electronic Word of Mouth to Online Religious Service Usage: Using Daoism as an Example in Taiwan

As we known, the continuing improvements in information technology have led to many new and fascinating applications in physics, engineering, and so on. Besides, the innovative information and communication technology (ICT) applications also denote a significant effect on the religion issues. Daoism, a traditional religion being affected with Internet has been mounted steadily for a number of decades. In order to attract the young group, online service will be the possible choice when traditional Daoism service providers consider how to provide the better service model. People choose to use the online service based on recommendations received not only by word of mouth (WOM), but also from cyberspace such as website, electronic bulletin boards, blogs, and facebook. In psychological terms, one result is cognitive bias, i.e., subjects tend to have better recall for the information presented early compared to information presented later, and this research is spawned from this theory. This work explored the relationship between the order effect on electronic word of mouth (eWOM) and online religious service usage. We constructed the research framework and established the hypotheses. In order to study completeness, we investigated the users who used the online religious services including websites, social network sites, blogs and facebook. The e-questionnaire surveys on online worshippers’ data are collected. Totally, 271 valid formal questionnaires were collected and analyzed (N = 271; mean age = 22.1; 56 % male). The SPSS 20.0 software was used for analysis and hypothesis testing. The findings are as follows:

플러그인 기법 기반의 안드로이드 전자게시판 솔루션

The software which is used for electronic bulletin boards have shortcomings that the addition of new function and new information's type to the order point software is very difficult, and the aggressive adaption of newly introduced type of media is impossible because the software is developed by custom solution. Eventually new cost and time are required to enhance functionality or performance to software of DID(Digital Information Display). In this paper, we proposed the scheme to package DID's contents and to customize it using plug-in method. We conducted a case study of this scheme. The platform which can install Apps to DID as one of content was designed. Apps can be inserted by plug-in type on DID platform and run separately with DID framework. As a result, We got advantage that various contents, functions and Apps which are drived on Android can be displayed without any restriction and dependency because Apps itself is one of dynamic notice object. This solution increase reusability of Apps or contents, and can be used easily in various places such as airports, stations, terminals, and front desk by customizing.

Dads' Group Builds Allies for Family‐Friendly Policies

Dads' Group Builds Allies for Family‐Friendly Policies

Using an Electronic Bulletin Board Platform in a Disaster Tabletop Exercise

Introduction We evaluate the use of an electronic bulletin board system in a tabletop disaster exercise. Methods Two tabletop exercises were carried out during a 5 hour course for 26 members of the Singapore Disaster Site Management Command (DSMC). As the events happened, the participants were updated via the electronic bulletin board. Response to the events was through the bulletin board. A written survey was held upon completion. Result Most (96.2%) felt that the exercise had helped identify issues in current operating procedures. The electronic bulletin board was deemed easy to use and learn, and that it helped in their learning (61.5%, 88.5% and 73.1% respectively). Using the electronic platform was an effective (76.9%) and efficient way (65.4%) of conducting the exercises. 53.8% of participants prefer the use of the electronic bulletin board and 61.5% felt that it was more realistic using the electronic platform. However the electronic bulletin board did not improve the participant's understanding of the current operating procedures (43.2%) and their role in DSMC (50%). Conclusion The use of the electronic platform is easy and over half of the involved participants thought it is preferred over the traditional tabletop exercise.

ISAAC: An Introduction to IBM's Information System for Advanced Academic Computing at the University of Washington-Seattle

ISAAC is a valuable resource that isn't yet widely known on college campuses in the United States and Canada. It is free. To gain access you need only fill out a short form. You may contact ISAAC through Bitnet, Internet or an 800-telephone number. You may use a PC, PS/2 or a compatible to join and interact, but you need not own one of these machines. ISAAC will send you a telecommunications diskette, 3.5" or 5.25". User status is granted to students, faculty and staff at academic institutions of higher learning. It consists of two databases and an electronic bulletin board spanning broad areas of pedagogical and research fields. This article traces the origin of ISAAC at the University of Washington Seattle through today. It highlights the establishment of the Languages and Linguistics Room, and it challenges the profession to help fashion a creative and supportive environment.

대학정보시스템을 위한 N-Screen 지원 차세대 전자게시판

고속 네트워크의 보급과 LCD/LED TV 보급의 증대, 디스플레이장치의 대형화와 고해상도화로 인하여 정보전달전송매체(DID 또는 PID) 시장이 크게 성장하고 있고, 스마트 기기의 대중화와 정보전달전송매체 시장의 확대는 콘텐츠 서비스의 N-Screen화를 요구한다. 대학에서도 학교 및 학과의 홍보 및 정보 전달을 목적으로 다양한 형태의 DID를 설치, 운영 중에 있으나 아직은 미디어콘텐츠를 실행 시키는 수준에 머물러 있다. 이에 대학에서 스마트 폰과 인터넷이 통합된 양방향 N-Screen 통신이 가능한 차세대 전자게시판을 구현하고 평가한다. 본 게시판은 N-Screen을 지원하고, 게시물을 실시간으로 삽입, 삭제할 수 있고, 양방향 통신을 제공하여 효율성을 높였다. The information delivery and transmission media(DID or PID) market is making remarkable growth as the high-speed networks are spreading and LCD/LED TVs are more and more popularized, and display devices are increasingly large and high-definition. In addition, the popularization of smart devices and the expansion of the information delivery and transmission media market make a demand for N-Screen in content service. Colleges and universities have installed and operated various types of DID to promote their schools and departments and deliver information about them, still remaining in the level of media content implementation. So, we implement and evaluate a next-generation electronic bulletin board for each department that allows for interactive N-Screen communication based on the integration of smart phone and internet. This board enhanced efficiency as supporting N-Screen, inserting and deleting the contents at real time and offering bidirectional communication.

Extremism on the World Wide Web: a research review

The following paper addresses the importance of the Internet in supporting rightwing extremist objectives. More specifically, this paper will examine Internet facilitation of information sharing, fundraising, social networking and recruitment, publicity, and risk mitigation. Specific tactics under investigation include, but are not limited to, the use and creation of electronic bulletin boards, the widespread adoption of multimedia technologies to attract children and teenagers, and the ever increasing use of writing and speaking in code. Given recent growth trends concerning group membership, it is imperative that Internet usage by these groups be exploited for research and intelligence purposes.

Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Perceived Relationship Safety as Predictors of Dyadic Adjustment: A Test of Mediation and Moderation

The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive value of PTSD symptoms and perceived relationship safety on dyadic adjustment. Participants included 390 individuals who were in a committed romantic relationship. Data were gathered from two populations; clients of a university-based family therapy clinic (n = 132), and community respondents to an announcement on a large university's electronic bulletin board (n = 258). Structural equation modeling was used to test a model of mediation, as well as multiple group analysis to test for moderation by setting (clinical vs. community) and gender. Results indicated that perceived relationship safety fully mediated the relationship between PTSD symptoms and dyadic adjustment. Gender moderated the relationships in the model, but no differences were found between the clinical and community samples. Findings suggest the importance of addressing experiences of safety and security in relationships, as these may be of particular importance for those who have experienced trauma.

Techniques for submitting an IRB: Changes and impact on research

The experiences with the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the University of Georgia have been exceptionally positive and helpful as we focus our research in the areas of addiction and psychiatric pharmacy. First, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the daunting challenge of keeping up with the information required for submission to your IRB. Before applying to the IRB, it is necessary to understand what information will be expected and why it is important. The IRB’s expectation is that you will provide a detailed explanation of your proposed study such that they will understand and see for themselves what the participants will be exposed to during the course of the study. Furthermore, the IRB will want to see that you have completed a risk assessment for the study, and that you have minimized the possible risks to the participants. This article will serve as an introduction to the basics necessary for a successful IRB application.